Arm-rest



(No Modl.)

0. S1 RODGERS & 0. E. SCHUDY. ARM REST.

110. 501,364. Patented July 11, 1893.

WITNESSES: INVENTOH-S -61 wgk BYMZ ATTORNEYS.

UNITED Y STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. RODGERS AND CHARLES E. SOHUDY, OF MANITOU, COLORADO.

ARM-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,364, dated July 11, 1893.

Application filed January 18 1893- Serial No. 458,766. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES S. RODGERS and CHARLES E. SOHUDY, of Manitou, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Arm-Rests, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an improvement in arm rests, and it has for its object to provide a means whereby the arm rest may be firmly held in position in connection with a book, even when the rest is to be used upon the last or the first pages thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide an arm rest having a clamping attachment of exceedingly simple yet durable construction, capable of application to any arm rest now in use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fullyset forth and pointed out' in the claims.

Reference is to.be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the arm rest viewed from the bottom thereof; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, illustrating its applica tion to a book.

In carrying out the invention the arm rest A, may be of any approved construction; preferably, however, the arm rest employed is that most commonly used, comprising a board 10, of practically even thickness throughout its length with the exception of the outer portion 11, which is materially increased in thickness.

The device consists primarily of a spring plate B, adapted to be pivotally attached to the under surface of the arm rest at any desired point in the length or width thereof. The spring plate is preferably of an arched pattern, being somewhat flattened at its central portion, while its extremities 10, are flared or curved outwardly, as illustrated in the drawings. The spring plate is usually attached to the back of the arm rest through the medium of a bracket 11, and this bracket is somewhat of a yoke or arch shape, and is attached to the arm rest by means of screws or equivalent fastening devices, in such manner that the body orarched port-ionof the bracket will be below the under face of the arm rest. Ordinarily the bracket is attached transversely of thearm rest and at a point between its center and its thicker or outer end, and the pivotal connection between the bracket and the plate B, is effected through the medium of a pivot pin 12, which passes through the plate and through the bracket. Therefore it is evident that the spring plate may be readily turned upon the arm rest so as to carry it longitudinally, transversely or diagonally thereof.

In the application of this arm rest, when it is to be employed in the ordinary manner in connection with the central or thicker portion of a book, the spring plate may be carried transversely across the bottom of the arm rest so as not to interfere with its ordinary use; but when it is adapted to be used with few leaves at the front or the back of a book the plateis carried longitudinally of the arm rest, as shown in the drawings, and the arm rest proper is made to engage with the upper or inner surface of the cover, or a leaf adjacent thereto, while the spring plate B, is brought to an engagement with the outer face of the cover, as shown in Fig. 2, from which it is evident that the arm rest may be held in firm position even when used in connection with the last or the first leaf of a book.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An arm rest provided on one of its faces with a clamping plate, between which and the body of the rest the back of a book is adapted to be inserted and held by the said plate, substantially as described.

2. An arm rest provided on one of its faces with a clamp pivoted thereto, whereby the clamp can be turned longitudinally or transversely of the rest, substantially as and for the .purpose set forth.

3. An arm rest provided with a spring clamp pivoted at about its center to one of the faces of the rest, substantially as described.

4. An arm rest, comprising a board, and a spring plate having upturned ends and pivoted at about the center of its length to the lower face of the board, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with an arm rest, of a spring clamp pivotally located upon its under surface, the center of the clamp being removed from the arm rest and the ends of the clamp being upturned and normally in engagement with the said arm rest, asand for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, with an arm rest, of a bracket of arched construction secured to its under face, and a spring plate of bow construction attached to the arched bracket,the ends of the said spring plate normally engaging with the arm rest and the extremities of the plate being upturned, as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES S. RODGERS. CHARLES E. SCHUDY. Witnesses:

W. E. SMILEY, O. H. FRoWINE. 

